This
two-part
activity
provides
information
on
seasonal
changes
in
the
mass
balance
of
the
Antarctic
Ice
Sheet.
In
Part
1,
students
use
an
atlas
and
satellite
imagery
to
examine
the
geography
of
the
region
and
identify
seasonal
changes
in
the
boundaries
of
the
ice
sheet.
In
Part
2,
they
will
collect
a
series
of
images
of
the
Antarctic
ice
sheet
covering
a
period
of
several
years,
draw
the
boundaries
...
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The
Hudson
Highlands
tour
is
part
of
the
New
York
Landscape
Regions
Collection
of
Google
Earth
Tours,
created
by
a
group
of
New
York
State
science
educators.
This
tour
introduces
Hudson
Highlands
geology,
including
glaciology
at
Bear
Mountain,
views
of
the
Highlands,
and
the
Ramapo
Fault
to
the
south.
It
also
offers
other
information
about
the
area,
including
some
animals,
New
York
City's
water
supply,
...
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The Atlantic Coastal Plain tour is part of the New York Landscape Regions Collection of Google Earth Tours, created by a group of New York State science educators. This tour introduces students to glacial erratics on Long Island, the Ronkonkoma terminal moraine, and the Rock Hill erratic. Coastal erosion and deposition can be studied by viewing dunes, beaches, and wave cut banks.
Full description.

The
Champlain
Lowlands
tour
is
part
of
the
New
York
Landscape
Regions
Collection
of
Google
Earth
tours,
created
by
a
group
of
New
York
State
science
educators.
This
tour
includes
views
of
the
gorge
of
the
Ausable
River,
cut
through
Late
Cambrian
Potsdam
Sandstone,
and
the
geology
of
the
Champlain
Thrust
Fault,
a
low
angle
thrust
fault
formed
as
the
proto-Atlantic
Ocean
closed
during
the
Taconic
Oregeny.
...
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The
Manhattan
Prong
tour
is
part
of
the
New
York
Landscape
Regions
Collection
of
Google
Earth
Tours.
This
tour
takes
students
to
Central
Park
in
New
York
City
to
see
metamorphic
rock,
glacial
features,
differential
weathering,
and
Cleopatra's
Needle,
an
Egyptian
obelisk
brought
to
the
city
in
1881.
They
can
also
examine
bedrock,
float,
mass
wasting,
jointing,
and
glacial
polish
in
the
Pound
Ridge
...
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The
Newark
Lowlands
tour
is
part
of
the
New
York
Landscape
Regions
Collection
of
Google
Earth
Tours
created
by
a
group
of
New
York
State
science
educators.
This
tour
lets
students
see
the
Ramapo
Fault
at
the
Lowlands'
northwestern
boundary
and
the
Palisades
Sill
on
the
western
shore
of
the
Hudson
River.
The
Sparkill
Gap,
a
pre-Ice
Age
weak
spot
in
the
Palisades
Sill
through
which
the
Hudson
River
...
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The
Tug
Hill
Plateau
tour
is
part
of
the
New
York
Landscape
Regions
Collection
of
Google
Earth
Tours,
created
by
a
group
of
New
York
State
science
educators.
The
tour
introduces
students
to
the
many
waterfalls
of
the
plateau,
which
is
formed
of
layers
of
sandstone
and
shale.
It
also
points
out
that
the
plateau
recieves
more
snow
than
any
location
east
of
the
Rocky
Mounatins
due
to
the
lake-effect
...
Full description.

The Adirondack Mountains tour is part of the New York Landscape Regions Collection of Google Earth Tours, created by a group of New York State science educators. This tour provides an introduction to the geology of the Great Range and the High Peaks as viewed from Algonquin Peak. It also addresses the issue of acid rain, which is a persistent environmental concern in the Adirondacks.
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The
Allegheny
Plateau
tours
are
part
of
the
New
York
Landscape
Regions
Collection
of
Google
Earth
Tours,
created
by
a
group
of
New
York
State
science
educators.
These
tours
showcase
examples
of
Allegheny
geology,
including
the
geomorphology
of
glacial
features
near
Tully,
New
York,
southern
Cayuga
Lake,
the
geology
and
geomorphology
of
Letchworth
State
Park
and
its
waterfalls,
as
well
as
waterfalls
...
Full description.

The
Erie
Ontario
Lowlands
tour
is
part
of
the
New
York
Landscape
Regions
Collection
of
Google
Earth
tours.
This
tour
includes
glacial
history,
features,
and
views
of
Niagara
Falls,
the
Niagara
Escarpment,
current
and
former
spillways,
and
the
locks
at
Lockport,
New
York.
Students
can
also
learn
about
the
geology
and
glacial
history
of
Canandaigua
Lake,
one
of
New
York's
Finger
Lakes,
which
discharges
...
Full description.